DIPAC2011 - List of Authors (Balbinot, G.)

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MOPD02	The CNAO Qualification Monitor	32
	C. Viviani, G. Balbinot, J. Bosser, M. Caldara, H. Caracciolo, M.A. Garella, V. Lante, A. Parravicini, M. Pullia CNAO Foundation, Milan, Italy
	The CNAO (Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia Oncologica) Foundation is the first Italian center for deep hadrontherapy. It will treat patients using Protons and Carbon ions in the next coming months. Patient safety is the first priority and many diagnostics devices have been developed to guarantee it. This work presents the so-called Qualification Monitor (QM). It is mounted in the common part of the four extraction lines, in front of the Chopper Dump, and it aims to qualify the extracted beam profile and intensity, before sending it to the treatment rooms. It is made of two different detectors: the first one, called Qualification Profile Monitor (QPM), is made by two dimensional harp of scintillating fibers to measure horizontal and vertical profiles. The second one, named Qualification Intensity Monitor (QIM) is a scintillating plate for intensity measurement. At the beginning of each extracted spill the beam is dumped on the Chopper Dump and it hit the QM. Only a positive result from beam qualification allows to switch on Chopper magnets and to send the beam to the patient. The QM is working with beam from some months, first results and future upgrades are presented.

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The CNAO Qualification Monitor

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C. Viviani, G. Balbinot, J. Bosser, M. Caldara, H. Caracciolo, M.A. Garella, V. Lante, A. Parravicini, M. Pullia
CNAO Foundation, Milan, Italy

The CNAO (Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia Oncologica) Foundation is the first Italian center for deep hadrontherapy. It will treat patients using Protons and Carbon ions in the next coming months. Patient safety is the first priority and many diagnostics devices have been developed to guarantee it. This work presents the so-called Qualification Monitor (QM). It is mounted in the common part of the four extraction lines, in front of the Chopper Dump, and it aims to qualify the extracted beam profile and intensity, before sending it to the treatment rooms. It is made of two different detectors: the first one, called Qualification Profile Monitor (QPM), is made by two dimensional harp of scintillating fibers to measure horizontal and vertical profiles. The second one, named Qualification Intensity Monitor (QIM) is a scintillating plate for intensity measurement. At the beginning of each extracted spill the beam is dumped on the Chopper Dump and it hit the QM. Only a positive result from beam qualification allows to switch on Chopper magnets and to send the beam to the patient. The QM is working with beam from some months, first results and future upgrades are presented.